Harper's Weekly: 1857-1912 This link opens in a new windowHarper’s Weekly was the definitive newspaper of record for the latter part of the nineteenth century and early twentieth. It had broad national distribution and some international, a circulation that exceeded 100,000 and peaked at 300,000, and effective readership of at least half a million people. Harper's Weekly 1857–1912 from Alexander Street Press is the definitive version of the newspaper in electronic form.